12 Alton Drive, Colchester, CO3 3ST

12 Alton Drive is a four-bedroom detached house in Colchester (CO3 3ST). It has a recorded floor area of 123 m² (around 1323 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2012) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 57). The latest certificate is from March 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include a conservatory, a self-contained annexe and attached land beyond the plot. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.

Across 2012–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 10% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,243,000 is 17.1% below the 2022 sale of £1,500,000, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,134/sq ft) was about 424.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 123 m² it sits well below the postcode median (202 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). 7 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: May 2022 at £1,500,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.